PM's and Oil

I was too cautious in my last Gold and Silver Market updates, and yesterday’s
dramatic developments proved me wrong. I was right about one thing, however,
and that was that we were at a very important inflexion point. What happened
on Tuesday was immensely important for both the oil and precious metals sectors,
and for the dollar which dramatically crashed a strong zone of support, which
I had expected to at least generate a bounce, as it was so important.

What happened yesterday was super bullish for the oil and precious metal sectors.
The dollar took out the support at its lows of late January and early February
and at its 50-day moving average. Gold vaulted above strong resistance at the
$428 level and its falling 50-day moving average. The HUI index dramatically
bust through strong resistance in the 210 area. Silver was not so hot, but
it was much more overbought than gold following its strong advance earlier
in the month.

There was also an exceedingly important development in the oil sector. Crude
bust out above $50 for the first time since October, thus, at a stroke, eliminating
the danger of a Head-and-Shoulders top. This was a very important development
not just for the oil sector but for the precious metals sector as well, because
major bull markets in the precious metals are should be accompanied by a major
bull market in the energy sector. Oil stocks have reached overbought extremes
in recent weeks, although in exceptional circumstances an overbought condition
such as this can persist for a considerable time with prices going even higher.
Oil stocks, which tend to move ahead of oil itself, can be said to have forecast
the breakout by oil itself.

Now everything - gold, silver, oil, oil stocks, is moving ahead in tandem
- a most propitious situation. There are several fundamental reasons for oil
to rise in the time ahead. Obviously a resumption of the larger downtrend in
the dollar will fuel a rise, but in addition to this there is believed to be
an increasingly tight supply situation. As long-time subscribers of my site
know, a year ago I indicated that some kind of attack on Iran and Syria was
not a matter of if, but when, as part of the rolling takeover of the mid-east.
Recently, as we all know, the propaganda against Iran, very similar to that
generated before the invasion of Iraq, has been cranked up. Scott Ritter came
out a few days ago and said that Bush "has already signed off on an attack/bombing
of Iran in June of this year, which probably explains why Bush is over in Europe
now passing the hat round, as the European politicians are likely to be in
a less generous mood once the bombs start falling on Iran. Such action will
clearly have a bullish effect on oil prices, and quite possibly on the precious
metals, as the consequences of an attack on Iran are likely to be considerably
more serious, to the perpetrators and their "allies" than has thus far been
the case with Iraq.

The above represents the opinion and analysis of Mr. Maund,
based on data available to him, at the time of writing. Mr. Maunds opinions
are his own, and are not a recommendation or an offer to buy or sell securities.
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